...the Deputies of Alsace and Lorraine took their leave with these words : " We declare null and void a compact which disposes of us without our consent. Your brothers of Alsace- Lorraine, separated at this moment from the common family, will preserve a loyal affection...

...of power, to the domination of a foreign sovereign, we declare once more null and void the agreement which disposes of us without our consent. Your brothers of Alsace-Lorraine, separated in this manner from the common family, will preserve, though absent from the fireside, a faithful affection...

...foreigner in contempt of all justice and by an odious abuse of force, we once more declare null and void a compact which disposes of us without our consent....this moment from the common family, will preserve for the France banished from their hearths, a faithful love until the day when she will come again...

...Assembly at Bordeaux can never be forgotten : ' Handed over, in contempt of all justice and by an odious abuse of force, to the domination of the foreigner,...compact which disposes of us without our consent.' 2 This is the crux of the whole problem. The old law of brutal conquest was applied to men who, for...

...matters went against them, they declared, "Handed over, in contempt of all justice, and through an odious abuse of force, to the domination of the foreigner,...compact which disposes of us without our consent. . . ."' Deputies later elected to the German Reichstag continued their opposition. Alsace had had a...